BIRTHDAYS TODAY JUNE 10
E.O.WILSON scientist 1929– “The Ants” “Biophilla” “Half-Earth”
IF ALL MANKIND WERE TO DISAPPEAR, THE WORLD WOULD REGENERATE BACK TO THE RICH STATE OF EQUILIBRIUM THAT EXISTED TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO. IF INSECTS WERE TO VANISH, THE ENVIRONMENT WOULD COLLAPSE INTO CHAOS.
DESTROYING RAINFOREST FOR ECONOMIC GAIN IS LIKE BURNING A RENAISSANCE PAINTING TO COOK A MEAL.
THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN IS THE BEST WAY TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
CHANGE WILL COME SLOWLY, ACROSS GENERATIONS, BECAUSE OLD BELIEFS DIE HARD EVEN WHEN DEMONSTRABLY FALSE.
ALL THREE OF THE ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS WERE BORN AND NURTURED IN AN ARID, DISTURBED ENVIRONMENTS.
ANTS ARE THE LEADING REMOVERS OF DEAD CREATURES ON THE LAND. AND THE REST OF LIFE IS SUBSTANTIALLY DEPENDENT UPON THEM.
THE TWO MAJOR CHALLENGES FOR THE 21st CENTURY ARE TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE MAJORITY AND SAVE AS MUCH OF THE PLANET AS WE CAN.
ANTS ARE THE DOMINANT INSECTS OF THE WORLD, AND THEY’VE HAD A GREAT IMPACT OF HABITANTS ALMOST ALL OVER THE LAND SURFACE OF THE WORLD FOR MORE THAN 50-MILLION YEARS.
EVEN AS EMPIRICISM IS WINNING THE MIND, TRANSCENDENTALISM CONTINUES TO WIN THE HEART.
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY CAN CORRUPT THE MIND, AND SCIENCE.
THE WORK OF ANTS HAS PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED THE WAY I THINK ABOUT HUMANS.
AMERICA IN PARTICULAR IMPOSES AN HORRENDOUS BURDEN ON THE WORLD. WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL STANDARD OF LIVING BUT IT COMES AT AN ENORMOUS COST.
RELIGIOS BELIEF ITSELF IS AN ADAPTATION THAT HAS EVOLVED BECAUSE WE’RE HARD-WIRED TO FORM TRIBALISTIC RELIGIONS.
SAUL BELLOW NOVELIST JUNE 10,1915–APRIL 5, 2005 “Seize the Day” “Herzog” “Humboldt’s Gift” “Henderson the Rain King”
A MAN IS ONLY AS GOOD AS WHAT HE LOVES.
HAPPINESS CAN ONLY BE FOUND IF YOU CAN FREE YOURSELF OF ALL OTHER DISTRACTIONS.
WHAT IS ART BUT A WAY OF SEEING?
IN EXPRESSING LOVE WE BELONG AMONG THE UNDEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
THERE ARE EVILS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SURVIVE IDENTIFICATION AND GO ON FOR EVER . . . MONEY FOR INSTANCE, OR WAR.
ALL A WRITER HAS TO DO TO GET A WOMAN IS TO SAY HE’S A WRITER. IT’S AN APHRODISIAC.
A GOOD NOVEL IS WORTH MORE THAN THE BEST SCIENTIFIC STUDY.
CALIFORNIA IS LIKE AN ARTIFICIAL LIMB THE REST OF THE COUNTRY DOESN’T REALLY NEED. YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT.
I’M GLAD I HAVEN’T LIVED IN VAIN.
CONQUERED PEOPLE TEND TO BE WITTY.
EVERYBODY NEEDS HIS MEMORIES. THEY KEEP THE WOLF OF INSIGNIFICANCE FROM THE DOOR.
I’VE NEVER TURNED OVER A FIG LEAF YET THAT DIDN’T HAVE A PRICE TAG ON THE OTHER SIDE.
GOODNESS IS ACHIEVED NOT IN A VACUUM, BUT IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER MEN, ATTENDED BY LOVE.
MAURICE SENDAK ARTIST 1928-2021 “Where the Wild things Are”
THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO A BOOK THAN JUST THE READING.
NEWT GINGRICH IS AN IDIOT OF GREAT RENOWN . . . THERE’S SOMETHING SO HOPELESSLY GROSS AND VILE ABOUT HIM IT’S HARD TO TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY.
I HAD A BROTHER WHO WAS MY SAVIOR, MADE MY CHILDHOOD BEARABLE.
GROWN-UPS ARE AFRAID FOR CHILDREN. IT’S NOT CHILDREN WHO ARE AFRAID.
‘HANSEL AND GRETAL’ IS ONE OF THE SCARIEST STORIES EVER WRITTEN! PSYCHOTIC MOTHER; STUPID, INANA FATHER.
I HAVE A LITTLE TINY EMILY DICKINSON SO BIG THAT I CARRY IN MY POCKET EVERYWHERE. AND YOU JUST READ THREE POEMS OF EMILY. SHE IS SO BRAVE. SHE IS SO STRONG. SHE IS SUCH A SEXY, PASSIONATE, LITTLE WOMAN. I FEEL BETTER.
KIDS LEAD A VERY PRIVATE LIFE.
WHEN MOZART IS PLAYING IN MY ROOM, I AM IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOMETHING I CAN’T EXPLAIN . . I DON’T NEED TO. I KNOW THAT IF THERE’S A PURPOSE TO LIFE, IT WAS FOR ME TO HEAR MOZART.
JUDY GARLAND ACTRESS. 1922-1969. “The Wizard of Oz”
ALWAYS BE A FIRST-RATE VERSION OF YOURSELF INSTEAD OF A SECOND-RATE VERSION OF SOMEBODY ELSE.
FOR IT WAS NOT INTO MY EAR YOU WHISPERED, BUT INTO MY HEART. IT WAS NOT MY LIPS YOU KISSED, BUT MY SOUL.
I’VE ALWAYS TAKEN ‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ VERY SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW. I BELIEVE IN THE IDEA OF THE RAINBOW. AND I’VE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE TRYING TO GET OVER IT.